Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Overview

The Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management) provides a comprehensive foundation in core business principles, with a specialisation in healthcare management. With sustainability built-in to every topic, industries 4.0 and 5.0 will come to life beyond the concepts.

This specialisation is designed to prepare aspiring leaders to learn the latest concepts which can be applied to health and aged care settings. You will deepen your knowledge of advanced healthcare management and how to use them to drive improved performance.

The MBA (Healthcare Management) is designed for the future, with sustainability built in. You will learn how to take advantage of technology to test and better manage quality and safe care whilst tackling the challenges of the digital age. This MBA course has industry engagement embedded, with a total of up to 36 weeks of experience available through Work Integrated Learning and industry programs.

Healthcare managers are the professionals who are involved in decision-making in hospitals, aged care, or other health related organisations. Healthcare managers are responsible for designing policies, managing human resources, improving the business unit, and managing the operations including the procurement and supply of hospital equipment in addition to improving the quality of patient care.

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Courses

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

Duration: 3 months

Delivery mode:
In person
Online

Location:
Bedford Park
Adelaide CBD
Festival Plaza*

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
February
July
October

SATAC code: 2GC161

Annual indicative fees (2023):
$16,218 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Duration: 6 months

Delivery mode:
In person
Online

Location:
Bedford Park
Adelaide CBD
Festival Plaza*

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
February
July
October

SATAC code: 2GD125

Annual indicative fees (2023):
$32,436 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Duration: 2 years

Delivery mode:
In person
Online

Location:
Bedford Park
Adelaide CBD
Festival Plaza*

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
February
July
October

SATAC code: 2CM276

Annual indicative fees (2023):
$32,436 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

*Available at Flinders' Adelaide City Campus at Festival Plaza from 2024.

Your career

Take charge of your career, learn how to lead a health workforce, apply emotional intelligence, use data and privacy, and best manage patient care in health and aged care settings. The MBA (Healthcare Management) prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities in areas including public and private hospitals, aged care institutions, private and public sector organisations.

Potential occupations include:

medical practitioners
nursing professionals
allied health professionals
chief operating officer
chief robotics officer
director of nursing
artificial intelligence architect
program director
information managers
aged care manager
senior business development manager.

Potential employers include:

public and private hospitals
aged care institutions
community health centres
private practice
government departments
corporate agencies
medical technology companies
digital health institutes
disability sector
Not-for-profit organisations.

What you will study

The Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and MBA courses provide a structured pathway containing 16 topics. There is flexibility in the course but generally students undertake 8 business and management core topics, four elective topics and four topics relevant to healthcare management.

First year (and the Graduate Diploma) contains study in human resource management, marketing, economics, finance, ethics, sustainability, and the law. Second year introduces health and aged care operations, health and aged care systems and policy, and leading organisations in health and aged care.

You can also choose an industry placement instead of one core topic. And you could also extend your industry exposure by electing to undertake an industry entrepreneurial program: FOMENT (a wine, viticulture and tourism program), or the IMA (Innovative Manufacturing Accelerator).

You will also undertake a major industry project which will bring together everything you have learnt over the course and put it into practice.

View the program of study

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management)

Entry requirements

Graduate Certificate

Applicants must either:

hold a degree or equivalent qualification OR
have at least one years' experience in a related context or two years' experience in a non-related field.

Graduate Diploma

Applicants must either:

hold a degree or equivalent qualification OR
hold the Flinders University Graduate Certificate in Business Administration.

Master

Applicants must either hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification; or hold the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.

How to apply

Select your preferred course.

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Check individual course entries on SATAC for information on important dates.

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Entry requirements

Applicants for the masters must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution or have completed the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

English language entry requirements